System and method for lenticular image printing and print media02/26/15 - 20150056419 - A method of forming a lenticle on a substrate includes operating a plurality of inkjets to eject a plurality of ink drops of an optically transparent ink onto a surface of a substrate between a first printed line of an optically opaque ink and a second printed line of the...

System and method for reducing lumber misuse in construction02/19/15 - 20150050465 - A system and method for reducing lumber misuse is disclosed. Specifically, a system can comprise lumber marked according to a coded chart. The chart can comprise one or more attributes associated with the lumber. The lumber can also comprise a plurality of identifiers, each of the identifiers associated with at...

Water soluble and water fast dyes for ink jet printing02/19/15 - 20150050466 - The invention relates to azo dyes of desulfo-K-acid [CA: 35400-55-6], their salts, a method for the preparation of these dyes, or salts thereof, a liquid phase comprising at least one of these dyes, a method for applying the liquid phase on a substrate, a printed matter and the use of...

Treatment of release layer02/12/15 - 20150044431 - There is provided a method for treating a hydrophobic release layer of an intermediate transfer member for use in a printing process in which a negatively charged aqueous inkjet ink including a polymeric resin and a colorant is jetted onto said layer, the claimed method comprising contacting the release layer,...

Recording medium and recorded matter02/05/15 - 20150037545 - The disclosure discloses a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing print data editing program. The program executes steps including a background patter print data generating, a disposition setting, and a disposition adjusting. In the disposition adjusting, at least one spacing adjustment of column spacing adjustment and row spacing adjustment is performed....

Method for producing a panel having a decor and a three-dimensional structure01/29/15 - 20150030817 - The invention relates to a method for producing a panel, in particular a furniture or floor panel, wherein a decor, preferably a wood imitating decor, is applied to at least one surface of a plate-shaped substrate, and wherein the substrate or the decor is provided with an areal, three-dimensional structure....

Toner, image forming method, and process cartridge01/29/15 - 20150030819 - Toner contains a binder resin, a releasing agent, and a tri- or higher metal salt, wherein the toner has a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of from 7,000 to 10,000, a ratio of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to a number average molecular weight (Mn) of 5 or less,...

Active energy ray curable composition, and cured product and use thereof01/29/15 - 20150030820 - Provided is an active energy ray-curable composition that is capable of improving adhesiveness of a cured product and of suppressing detachment or peeling of the cured product as well as a cured product and use thereof. The active energy ray-curable composition contains, as active ingredients, an oxetane alcohol represented by...

Surface marked articles, related methods and systems01/29/15 - 20150030821 - A method of surface marking an article, especially a building product, is provided. One described method includes the steps of laser marking a first graphic design element on a surface of an article and ink-jet printing a second graphic design element in registry with the first graphic design element on...

Forming method and substrate01/15/15 - 20150017397 - The present invention provides a method of forming a detection mark from line patterns formed on a substrate, including a first step of deciding a first region for forming the detection mark on the substrate, and a second region which surrounds the first region and in which formation of the...

Active-energy-ray-curable ink composition and printed object using said ink composition01/15/15 - 20150017398 - Provided is an ink composition having excellent conformability even to a flexible base material to be printed. This active-energy-ray-curable ink composition comprises active-energy-ray-polymerizable monomers and an active-energy-ray polymerization initiator. The active-energy-ray-polymerizable monomers include: monomer A which is a monofunctional monomer having a glass transition point of −30° C. or lower;...

Method of producing a functionalized surface and surfaces made thereby01/15/15 - 20150017399 - A method of photopatterning rewritable reactive groups onto surfaces using typically a plasmachemical deposition of functionalized materials, followed by molecular printing of inks. Subsequent treatment of the reactive groups allows for surface rewriting and also the method allows for the creation of either positive or negative image multifunctional rewritable patterned...

Stretchable tape flag01/08/15 - 20150010736 - A stretchable tape flag, wherein a backing layer has a stretchable portion capable of being stretched by hand and has elastic and plastic deformation characteristics on at least one portion; an adhesive layer capable of reapplication and placed on at least part of one side of the backing layer; and...

Method for manufacturing a film laminate, and film laminate formed by the method01/01/15 - 20150004376 - The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a film laminate and to a film laminated formed by the method. The method comprises the steps of: applying a photocurable composition to a first base film; and irradiating light from a UV LED in order to harden the photocurable composition,...

Plastic film for printing by dye diffusion thermal transfer printing01/01/15 - 20150004377 - The invention relates to a special layer construction and a special film of plastic for the production of such a layer construction which is suitable for printing by means of dye diffusion thermal transfer printing, a process for the production thereof and a security and/or valuable document comprising such a...

Electrostatic printing01/01/15 - 20150004378 - There is provided a method for electrostatic printing comprising providing a print substrate having a layer comprising a polymeric material, the layer comprising a polymeric material having thereon a surface layer comprising an aminofunctional silane; carrying out an electrostatic printing process to transfer an ink onto the surface layer comprising...

Preparation, purification and use of high-x diblock copolymers01/01/15 - 20150004379 - This invention relates to the preparation and purification of high-X (“chi”) diblock copolymers. Such copolymers contain two segments (“blocks”) of polymers with significantly different interaction parameters and can be used in directed self-assembly applications....

Printed foamed film packaging12/25/14 - 20140377512 - A method of constructing a package having printed indicia of acceptable quality includes providing at least one layer of foamed thin film and printing the indicia on the printed surface by applying ink to a printer surface and contacting the printed surface with the inked printer surface to coat the...

Laser absorbing compounds12/18/14 - 20140370247 - Various laser marking compositions and related methods are described. The laser marking compositions include a molybdenum metal complex, a tungsten metal complex, or combinations thereof. Marks or other indicia formed on a substrate using the compositions and methods exhibit increased contrast and improved substrate bonding....

Stray light resistance of uv inkjet inks12/18/14 - 20140370248 - An energy curable inkjet ink includes a nitroxy inhibitor, a compound having an ethylenic unsaturated bond, a photoinitiator, a coloring agent, and a stray light resistance index of at least 7. A method of preparing an energy curable inkjet ink with stray light resistance includes providing a nitroxy inhibitor; providing...

12/11/14 - 20140363634 - Ink contains at least one of a compound represented by the following chemical formula 1, a compound represented by chemical formula 2, a compound represented by chemical formula 3, or a compound represented by chemical formula 4....

Bio-mineralized cathode and anode materials for electrochemical cell12/11/14 - 20140363635 - A bio-mineralized composition for use in an electrochemical cell is described. The bio-mineralized composition may comprise a material represented by general formula y[Li1±xMaPOc).(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz or y[Ma].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1=e].Cz or y[Li1±xMaSiaOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3=d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[Li1±xMaOc].w[Li2±xMaOc].(1-y-w)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[Li1±xMaBOc].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz, or y[MaOx].(1-y)[Mb(POc)3±d(Ap)1±e].Cz where M represents at least one element; Ap represents group of...

Ptfe layers and methods of manufacturing12/04/14 - 20140356588 - Single, continuous PTFE layers having lateral zones of varied characteristics are described. Some of the lateral zone embodiments may include PTFE material having little or no nodal and fibril microstructure. Methods of manufacturing PTFE layers allow for controllable permeability and porosity of the layers, in addition to other characteristics. The...

Photo-curable composition and patterning method using the same11/27/14 - 20140349086 - The photo-curable composition contains a polymerizable monomer (A), a polymerization initiator (B), and a fluorine-containing surfactant (C). A photo-cured product of the photo-curable composition has a water contact angle of 74 degrees or less....

Inkjet printing of wood colours11/27/14 - 20140349087 - An inkjet ink set consisting of a black inkjet ink, a cyan inkjet ink and two inkjet inks A and B, optionally complemented by a white ink and/or a colourless ink, wherein the inkjet ink A has a hue angle H* between 70 and 85 and a chroma C* between...

Non-lithographic line pattern formation11/27/14 - 20140349088 - A metal layer is deposited over an underlying material layer. The metal layer includes an elemental metal that can be converted into a dielectric metal-containing compound by plasma oxidation and/or nitridation. A hard mask portion is formed over the metal layer. Plasma oxidation or nitridation is performed to convert physically...

Thermoplastic single ply membrane11/20/14 - 20140342134 - A thermoplastic single ply protective roof covering may have two pressure sensitive rubber-based adhesive backings. These dual-adhesive backings may be used to provide for a non-heat welded seam having a combination of good seam strength and fire performance....

Polymer composite articles11/13/14 - 20140335325 - The present disclosure pertains to resins/filler/matting composites that are formed via a resin infusion process. Certain embodiments are directed to methods and systems that may be used to produce a moulded composite article. For example, a unitary polymer composite article comprising: 50% to 90% by weight of particles; 10% to...

Photo-reactive binder11/13/14 - 20140335326 - as well as inks, coating compositions and adhesives comprising the same....

Photo-curable composition and patterning method11/06/14 - 20140329057 - X1 and X2 are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, alkyl groups, a phenyl group, a naphthyl group, and alkyl groups in which part or all of the hydrogen atoms are substituted with fluorine. X1 and X2 may be the same or different. R1 to R10 are...

Optical element and method for making same10/30/14 - 20140322499 - An optical element includes a transparent substrate and a transparent optical film. The transparent substrate is made of an organic polymer. The transparent optical film is formed on the transparent substrate. A micro-structure pattern is formed on a surface of the transparent optical film. The transparent optical film is obtained...

Method for producing a sheet10/30/14 - 20140322500 - The method for producing a electroconductive sheet having a substrate, in particular made of paper, and an electroconductive layer include the steps of: a/ preparing a multi-layer structure with an anti-adhesive coating inserted between a plastic film and a base layer, b/ cross-laminating the multi-layer structure and the substrate, and...

Photoactive resins, radiation curable compositions and radiation curable inks10/23/14 - 20140315002 - The present invention is directed to photoactive resins employed in radiation curable compositions and ink. The radiation curable compositions include mono or multi-functional acrylates, an amine and the above-mentioned photoactive resin. Radiation curable inks at least include the components of the radiation curable composition in addition to colorants....

Ink jet recording method and recorded matter10/02/14 - 20140295147 - The ink jet recording method according to the invention records an image by discharging liquid droplets of an ink composition from a recording head and allowing the droplets to adhere to a recording medium. The ink composition contains an alkanediol having 6 or less of carbon atoms and having a...

Photosensitive resin composition10/02/14 - 20140295148 - A photosensitive resin composition includes a carboxyl group-containing photosensitive resin, a photopolymerization initiator, a compound having an ethylenic unsaturated group, a non-reactive diluent, and an epoxy compound. The photopolymerization initiator includes an oxime ester compound and an aminocarbonyl compound having a tertiary amino group....

Ink jet recording method and recorded matter09/25/14 - 20140287198 - An ink jet recording method includes discharging a first ink composition onto a recording medium using a recording head, in which the first ink composition includes a coloring material, an alkane diol with 4 or more to 8 or fewer carbon atoms, a water-soluble solvent, and water; the recording head...

Coatings for cutting tools09/25/14 - 20140287199 - In one aspect, cutting tools are described having coatings adhered thereto which, in some embodiments, can demonstrate desirable wear resistance and increased cutting lifetimes. A coated cutting tool, in some embodiments, comprises a substrate and a coating adhered to the substrate, the coating comprising a polycrystalline layer of TiZrAl2O3....

Nitrided component surface repair09/18/14 - 20140272323 - A plunger for fuel injection assembly is provided. The plunger includes a nitrided surface. The nitrided surface includes a damaged area. An electroless material is coated on the damaged area....

Designed defects in laminate composites09/18/14 - 20140272324 - Novel methods and kits for creating defects in composite materials, as well as an engineered part or structure with one or more designed defects, are disclosed. The disclosed inventions advantageously permit the intentional introduction of one or multiple defects of any desired size and shape, either between the same two...

Imagewise priming of non-d2t2 printable substrates for direct d2t2 printing09/18/14 - 20140272325 - A method for enabling D2T2 printing onto non-D2T2 printable substrates uses a diffusible primer material provided on a dye-sheet or ribbon. The primer comprises a polymer, a release agent and a plasticizer. The release agent and the plasticizer are diffused into the substrate, while the polymer remains on the dye-sheet...

Fabrication apparatus for fabricating a layer structure09/18/14 - 20140272326 - The invention relates to a fabrication apparatus for fabricating a layer structure comprising at least a patterned first layer on a substrate. A layer structure (6) with an unpatterned first layer is provided on the substrate. A protective material application unit (8) applies protective material at least on parts of...

Ink for inkjet, ink cartridge using the ink, inkjet recorder and ink recorded matter09/18/14 - 20140272327 - An ink for inkjet includes water, and a mixture of hydrosoluble organic materials in an amount of from 40 to 70% by weight. The mixture of hydrosoluble organic materials includes N,N-dimethylacrylamide and/or N,N-diethylacrylamide, the total content of which is from 10 to 70% by weight based on total weight of...

Multi-function epoxy casting resin system09/18/14 - 20140272328 - Disclosed herein are embodiments of an epoxy casting resin system which can be used to at least partially cover an electronic component or mechanism. In some embodiments, the epoxy resin can have a low viscosity, while maintaining advantageous physical, thermal, and electrical properties. Further described are methods for making embodiments...

Laser micromachining optical elements in a substrate09/18/14 - 20140272329 - Optical elements with small increments in average density are formed in a substrate by laser micromachining using a variable aperture and a pattern mask set of pattern masks each having of shape-defining elements whose density differs among the pattern masks in first density increments. A laser light beam passes through...